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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1991

IMPORTS

OR

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES FROM THE USA (BY $229 MILLION OR 69%); RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS FROM FINLAND (BY $106 MILLION 42%); AND POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE USA $204 MILLION OR 48%).

(BY

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE DEPICTED IN

TABLE 5.

HONG RONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE IN 1990 OVER 1989. THE GROWTH WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG FOR THAILAND (+86%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+80%), SWITZERLAND

AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+34%}. (+39%)

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA, TAIWAN AND JAPAN ALSO INCREASED BY 11%, 11% AND 10% RESPECTIVELY.

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 6.

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ANALYSED BY COMMODITY NOTABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $2,575 MILLION OR 33%);

NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $2,327 MILLION OR 35%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,420 MILLION OR 40%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $741 MILLION OR 19%).

MATERIALS

HOWEVER, DECREASKS WERE REGISTERED FOR CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE

(BY $157 MILLION OR 28%): GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $41 MILLION OR 15%); AND MILLION LEATHER AND LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FORSKINS (BY $33 OR 15%).

WERE

ANALYSED

INCREASES BY COMMODITY, BY COUNTRY, SIGNIFICANT REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $1,096 MILLION OR 134%) AND THE USA (BY $805 MILLION OR 19%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES TO THAILAND (BY $1,170 MILLION MACHINES AND OR 125%) AND TO JAPAN (BY $669 MILLION OR 49%); OFFICE AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $327 MILLION OR 175%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS TO THE USA (BY $169 MILLION OR 15%).

JAPAN

VEGETABLE HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND

TO (RY $86 MILLION OR 63%) AND TO MATERIALS

CHINA (BY $37 MILLION OR 73%); GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND

AND EQUIPMENT

MILLION OR MACHINE PARTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $39 63%); AND LEATHER AND LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS TO THE USA (BY $33 MILLION OR 58%).

FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, DECEMBER

CENTRE, 1990" NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $27 PER COPY.

BE DIRECTED TO THE C'ENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 1915.

MAY ENQUIRIES

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